Cyprus

“The elderly’s problems are not the government’s priority,” House Labour committee chairman and Akel MP Andreas Kafkalias charged on Tuesday. Speaking at a committee meeting regarding services for ...

The issue of people working illegally in Cyprus will be dealt with “aggressively”, Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou said on Tuesday. Panayiotou was evaluating his first year in the post and ...

Around 200 tonnes of food and aid were distributed to the population in northern Gaza on Tuesday, three days after the Open Arms ship successfully unloaded its cargo after leaving from ...

Beleaguered Akamas National Forest Park road projects will restart in April, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Tuesday, adding they would “prioritise environmental preservation”. The decisions were made during a ...

Tourist arrivals recovered in February from the dip seen in January with a five per cent increase on figures from last year, data released on Tuesday showed. As a result, ...

A total of 50 ‘green kiosks’ will be installed in rural areas from Nicosia to Famagusta for 25 months to boost recycling efforts, the environment department announced on Tuesday. The department inked ...

President Nikos Christodoulides will leave for Belgium on Wednesday, where he will visit the College of Europe in Bruges, participate in the European Council summit in Brussels, and hold public ...

Statements made by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan that all Cyprus could have been Turkish are “unacceptable”, government spokesman Konstantinos Letymbiotis said on Tuesday. During an official event on Monday, ...

The Air Swipe Bag – ‘a piece of sky you can hold’ made its way to Paris Fashion Week in just 90 days. SARA DOUEDARI meets the Larnaca-based scientist behind it When ...

The island could generate electricity from natural gas by the middle of 2025, Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said on Tuesday giving an optimistic forecast on the progress of the liquefied natural ...

The two monks at the centre of the scandals at Avakoum monastery are expected to appear in front of the Holy Synod’s investigative committee in the next couple of ...

Cyprus-based proptech startup Moving Doors, which provides tech-enabled serviced apartments, has announced its official expansion to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, marking a significant step in its international growth strategy. According ...

Authorities in Paphos are conducting investigations after gunshots were fired at a law office on Tuesday morning. Preliminary examinations conducted at the scene revealed that the shots from a shotgun ...

Starting from Tuesday, it is no longer necessary to present a negative Covid-19 test to visit hospitals and nursing homes, Health Minister Michael Damianos announced following a review of protection ...

Nicosia detects no difference in the stance of the Turkish Cypriot leadership and Turkey on the Cyprus issue during the new efforts undertaken by the UNSG’s personal envoy, Foreign ...

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell has welcomed the launch of the maritime humanitarian aid operation from Cyprus to Gaza, noting that ...

A national guardsman who fell down an 80-metre cliff was rescued by air having sustained relatively minor injuries, fire service spokesman Andreas Kettis said on Tuesday. Speaking to CyBC, Kettis ...

In today’s episode, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos announced on Monday that representatives from over 40 countries will meet in Cyprus on March 21 to discuss the operational coordination of the next ...

By Richard Boxall The BAOFinancial 40 Over Cup presented by HurryCurry got off to an excellent start with a wonderful contest between Telugu 11 and Everest at the Ypsonas cricket ground. Telugu ...

Culture lovers in Limassol can always count on Rialto Theatre for a hearty dose of art. This month has been no different and before a new programme of performances is ...

A man accused of carrying out a racially motivated assault was charged in writing at the Paphos District Court and released pending summons on Tuesday. Police on Monday arrested the 44...

Police on Tuesday determined that the fire which broke out in several vehicles in ​​Geroskipou completely destroying two of them and extensively damaging the third, was an act of arson. ...

Police on Monday arrested two persons for a case residential burglary and theft, committed on October 15, last year. According to a statement from the police the arrests concern a 37-year-old ...

Fire crews were working into the early hours of Tuesday after heavy rains and hail struck the island mainly in the municipalities of Tseri, Latsia, Lakatamia and Strovolos on Monday ...